Improved lubricator for journal-boxes



A. & P. BROWN. LUBRIGATOR FOR JOURNAL BOXES.

No. 95,313. Patented Sept. 28, 1869.

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ADOLPHUS BROWN-AND FELIX" BROWN, OF YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 95,313, dated September 28, 1869.

IMPROVED LUBRICA'IOR IbR JO URNAL-BOXES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concnm:

Be it known that we, ADOLPHUS'" BROWN and EE- LIX BROWN, both of the city, county, and State of New York,.have invented a new and improved Lubricator for J ournal-Boxes; and we do hereby declare. the

' following to be a-full, clear, and exact description therer of, which will enable those skilled in the art to make This invention relates to a journal-box in which, by"

means of certain devices. the surplus oil leaking out at the ends of the journal-box, is carried back to the oil-reservoir by inclined troughs or channels, into which such surplus is received 011 leaking out at the ends of the journal-box, and the waste-channels extend beyond the ends o the journal-box, so that they overlapa [range or collar, which may be secured to the shaft to keep the same in position, and thereby waste of oil from the adjoining surfaces of the. journal-box and collar is prevented.

This object is still further insured by providing the collar with a depression, which prevents the surplus oil from 'sjn-eading on the surface of the collar, and compels thesame to run back into the waste-channel.

A mud-box, which is screwed into the bottom part of the oil-reservoir, serves as a receptacle for the dirt, which otherwise would be liable to accumulate in the oil-can.

In the drawing- The letter A designates a journal-box, which forms the bearing for the shaft B, and which may be socured to a hanger, or made in any other desirable form or shape.

This journal-box is provided with an oil-reservoir,

O, which may be situated in the middle of the box, as

shown in the drawing, or which may be situated in any other convenient position.

This reservoir is supplied with oil through a suitable hole in thecover of the journal-box, and the oil is carried up to the journal by means of a chain, D, which is hung loosely on the shaft, and dips into the oil in the reservoir.

By this arrangement the chain D carries up a suificient quantity of oil to lubricate the shaft whenever the shaft is in motion, and as soon as the motion of the shaft stops, the supplyof oil also stops, and no lubrieating-material is wasted;

The oil carried up by'the chain D, spreads over the entire length of the journal, and it is liable to leak out at the ends of the journal-box. This surplus oil is carried back to the reservoir 0, by means of channels E, which extend from said reservoir toward both ends of the box, (one only being shown in the drawing.)

, These waste-channels extend beyond the ends of the journal-box, so that they overlap the adjoining surfaces of said box, and of a collar, F, which may be required -to keep the shaft in position, and thereby waste of oil from these adjoining surfaces is prevented.

The collar F is provided with a depression, a, as shown in fig. 1, whereby the surplus oil is prevented from spreadingon the surface of said collar, and it is compelled to flow backin'to' the waste-channel.

In the bottom of i the oil-reservoir O, is secured a amid-receptacle, G, whicirserves to collect the mud or sediment that would otherwise be liable to collect at the bottom of the reservoir 0, and interfere with the correct operationof the lubrieating-mechanism. Said mud-receptacle is fastenedto the oil-reservoir by means of a screw-thread or other fastening, so that it can-be readily taken off whenever it may be required. for the purpose of cleaning it.

'The chain D may also be used with a journal-box of the ordinary construction, by suspending fiOlIl said box anoil-reservoir, H, and hanging the chain loosei y over the shaft, close to the end of the journal-box, as shown in fig. 1.

The reservoir H may also be provided with a mud-1 receptacle, or it may be constructed in the form of an ordinary trip-cup, and taken off from time to time for the purpose of cleaning. I

Having thus described our invention,

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1; The inclined channel E, contained from the journal-box A, extending inwardly and upwardly, and beyond the journal-box and the groove a of the collar F, in order to convey the spread oil back to the reservoir Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

